Where to go in October

156 destinations genuinely in season, warmest first: typical daytime highs, budget level and the full travel window for each. Tap one for details, or let the quiz pick for your whole group.

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The band on each card is its year, January to December: blue where it's cool, red where it's hot, with October marked.4°39°36°C97°F

• The Okavango Delta Botswana 36°C / 98°F $$$ Jun–Oct
• Victoria Falls Zambia 36°C / 97°F $$ Aug–Nov, or Feb–May for full flow
• AlUla Saudi Arabia 35°C / 95°F $$$ Oct–Mar
• Aqaba & the Jordanian Red Sea Jordan 33°C / 91°F $$ Oct–Apr
• Muscat & the Wahiba Sands Oman 33°C / 92°F $$ Oct–Mar
• South Luangwa National Park Zambia 32°C / 90°F $$ May–Oct
• The Brazilian Amazon Brazil 32°C / 90°F $$ Jun–Nov
• Aruba Aruba 31°C / 87°F $$$ Any month
• Curaçao Curaçao 31°C / 88°F $$ Any month
• Delhi & the Golden Triangle India 31°C / 89°F $ Oct–Mar
• Marrakech & the Atlas Morocco 31°C / 87°F $ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Palm Springs & Joshua Tree United States 31°C / 88°F $$ Oct–Apr
• Sharm El Sheikh & the Red Sea Egypt 31°C / 88°F $$ Oct–Apr
• Varanasi India 31°C / 87°F $ Oct–Mar
• Yogyakarta & the temples of Java Indonesia 31°C / 89°F $ Apr–Oct
• Fiji Fiji 30°C / 85°F $$$ May–Oct
• Kerala's backwaters India 30°C / 85°F $ Oct–Mar
• Komodo Island Indonesia 30°C / 86°F $$ Apr–Dec
• Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 30°C / 86°F $ Any month, driest Jun–Aug
• Lake Malawi Malawi 30°C / 86°F $ May–Oct
• Namibia Namibia 30°C / 86°F $$$ May–Oct
• Raja Ampat Indonesia 30°C / 86°F $$$ Oct–Apr
• Singapore & Malaysia Singapore 30°C / 85°F $$ Any month
• Tel Aviv & Jerusalem Israel 30°C / 86°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• The Nile & the Red Sea Egypt 30°C / 87°F $$ Oct–Apr
• The Whitsundays Australia 30°C / 86°F $$$ Jun–Oct
• Cairns Australia 29°C / 84°F $$ Jun–Oct
• Hawai‘i – Big Island & Maui United States 29°C / 84°F $$$ Any month
• Iguazu Falls Argentina 29°C / 84°F $$ Sep–Feb
• Lamu Kenya 29°C / 83°F $ Jul–Oct, Dec–Mar
• Sabah – Borneo's rainforest Malaysia 29°C / 85°F $ Mar–Oct
• Samoa Samoa 29°C / 85°F $ May–Oct
• Serengeti & Zanzibar Tanzania 29°C / 85°F $$$ Jun–Oct, Jan–Feb
• The Great Barrier Reef Australia 29°C / 84°F $$$ Jun–Oct
• Andalusia Spain 28°C / 82°F $$ Apr–May, Oct
• Austin United States 28°C / 82°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Beirut & the Bekaa Valley Lebanon 28°C / 82°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Bora Bora & Moorea French Polynesia 28°C / 82°F $$$ Any month
• Cyprus Cyprus 28°C / 83°F $$ Apr–Oct
• Fes & Chefchaouen Morocco 28°C / 82°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Hanoi Vietnam 28°C / 82°F $ Oct–Dec, Mar–Apr
• Hong Kong Hong Kong 28°C / 82°F $$$ Oct–Dec
• Okinawa Japan 28°C / 82°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Petra & Wadi Rum Jordan 28°C / 82°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Seville Spain 28°C / 82°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Shiraz Iran 28°C / 82°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov Advisory
• The Bazaruto Archipelago Mozambique 28°C / 82°F $$$ Apr–Nov
• Kauai United States 27°C / 81°F $$$ Apr–Oct
• Kenya – the Masai Mara Kenya 27°C / 80°F $$$ Jul–Oct
• Las Vegas United States 27°C / 81°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Macau Macau 27°C / 81°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Taipei & the Taiwanese coast Taiwan 27°C / 80°F $ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• The Seychelles Seychelles 27°C / 81°F $$$ Apr–May, Oct–Nov
• Vanuatu Vanuatu 27°C / 81°F $$ May–Oct
• Zion, Bryce & Arches United States 27°C / 81°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Bermuda Bermuda 26°C / 78°F $$$ Apr–Oct
• Fernando de Noronha Brazil 26°C / 80°F $$$ Aug–Dec
• Granada Spain 26°C / 78°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov
• Madagascar Madagascar 26°C / 79°F $ Apr–Nov
• Napa & Sonoma wine country United States 26°C / 78°F $$$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• New Caledonia New Caledonia 26°C / 79°F $$$ Apr–May, Sep–Nov
• New Orleans United States 26°C / 79°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Rhodes Greece 26°C / 80°F $$ May–Oct
• Savannah & the Georgia coast United States 26°C / 78°F $ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Tenerife Spain 26°C / 79°F $$ Any month
• The Galápagos Ecuador 26°C / 79°F $$$ Any month
• Tunis & the Tunisian coast Tunisia 26°C / 80°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Charleston & the Lowcountry United States 25°C / 77°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Christmas Island Christmas Island 25°C / 77°F $$ Oct–Dec
• Crete Greece 25°C / 76°F $$ May–Oct
• Guilin & the Li River China 25°C / 78°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Isfahan Iran 25°C / 77°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov Advisory
• K'gari (Fraser Island) Australia 25°C / 77°F $$ Apr–Oct
• Mauritius Mauritius 25°C / 76°F $$$ Sep–Dec, Apr–Jun
• Réunion Island Réunion 25°C / 77°F $$ May–Nov
• Sicily Italy 25°C / 77°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Tonga Tonga 25°C / 76°F $$ Jun–Oct
• Valencia Spain 25°C / 77°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Athens & the Acropolis Greece 24°C / 76°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Brisbane Australia 24°C / 76°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Byron Bay & the Gold Coast Australia 24°C / 76°F $$ Sep–Apr
• Los Angeles United States 24°C / 75°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Madeira Portugal 24°C / 75°F $$ Any month
• Malta Malta 24°C / 76°F $$ Apr–Oct
• Nepal – the Himalaya Nepal 24°C / 75°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Rarotonga & Aitutaki Cook Islands 24°C / 75°F $$$ Apr–Nov
• San Diego & La Jolla United States 24°C / 75°F $$ Mar–Oct
• Santorini Greece 24°C / 75°F $$$ May–Oct
• The Atacama Desert Chile 24°C / 75°F $$ Sep–Nov, Mar–May
• The Drakensberg South Africa 24°C / 75°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Charlotte & the Blue Ridge Parkway United States 23°C / 73°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Lisbon & Sintra Portugal 23°C / 73°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Memphis United States 23°C / 74°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Mexico City & Oaxaca Mexico 23°C / 74°F $ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• San Francisco United States 23°C / 73°F $$$ Sep–Nov
• Santiago & the Chilean wine valleys Chile 23°C / 74°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• The California Coast United States 23°C / 73°F $$$ May–Oct
• Barcelona & the Costa Brava Spain 22°C / 71°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Buenos Aires & Mendoza Argentina 22°C / 71°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Cappadocia Turkey 22°C / 71°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Florence & the Tuscan hills Italy 22°C / 71°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Meteora Greece 22°C / 71°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Nashville & the Smokies United States 22°C / 72°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Osaka & the Kansai region Japan 22°C / 71°F $$ Mar–May, Oct–Nov
• Rome & the Bay of Naples Italy 22°C / 72°F $$ Apr–May, Oct
• Shanghai China 22°C / 72°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Tokyo & Kyoto Japan 22°C / 71°F $$ Mar–Apr, Oct–Nov
• Yerevan & the Armenian highlands Armenia 22°C / 72°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Zhangjiajie & the Avatar mountains China 22°C / 71°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Baku Azerbaijan 21°C / 70°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Bologna Italy 21°C / 70°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Chengdu & the panda sanctuary China 21°C / 70°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Istanbul Turkey 21°C / 69°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Jeju Island South Korea 21°C / 69°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Lalibela & the Ethiopian Highlands Ethiopia 21°C / 71°F $ Oct–Mar
• Medellin Colombia 21°C / 70°F $ Any month
• Plitvice Lakes National Park Croatia 21°C / 70°F $$ Apr–Oct
• Samarkand & the Silk Road Uzbekistan 21°C / 70°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Washington DC United States 21°C / 69°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Oct
• Adelaide & Kangaroo Island Australia 20°C / 68°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Asheville United States 20°C / 68°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Bordeaux France 20°C / 69°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Porto & the Douro Valley Portugal 20°C / 69°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Srinagar & Kashmir India 20°C / 69°F $$ Apr–Oct
• Tbilisi & the Caucasus Georgia 20°C / 67°F $ May–Oct
• Venice Italy 20°C / 67°F $$$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Beijing & the Great Wall China 19°C / 65°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Bhutan Bhutan 19°C / 67°F $$$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Bucharest & the Carpathians Romania 19°C / 67°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Lyon France 19°C / 66°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Melbourne & the Great Ocean Road Australia 19°C / 65°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Milan Italy 19°C / 65°F $$$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• New York City United States 19°C / 65°F $$$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct, Dec
• Seoul South Korea 19°C / 65°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Turin & Piedmont Italy 19°C / 66°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Santa Fe & northern New Mexico United States 18°C / 64°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Xi'an & the Terracotta Army China 18°C / 65°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Boston United States 17°C / 63°F $$ Jun–Oct
• Bratislava Slovakia 17°C / 62°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Budapest Hungary 17°C / 63°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• New England in the fall United States 17°C / 63°F $$ Late Sep–Oct
• Paris France 17°C / 62°F $$$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• The Grand Canyon & Sedona United States 17°C / 63°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Vienna Austria 17°C / 63°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Acadia & the Maine coast United States 16°C / 60°F $$ Jun–Oct
• Bruges & Brussels Belgium 16°C / 61°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Prague & Bohemia Czech Republic 16°C / 60°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct, or Dec for the markets
• Rotorua New Zealand 16°C / 61°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• The Rhine Valley Germany 16°C / 61°F $$ May–Oct
• Snowdonia Wales 15°C / 59°F $ Apr–Oct
• Warsaw Poland 15°C / 59°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Bath England 14°C / 57°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• The Lake District England 14°C / 57°F $$ Apr–Oct
• York England 13°C / 55°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• The Yukon & the northern lights Canada 5°C / 40°F $$ Sep–Mar
• Churchill & the polar bears Canada 4°C / 39°F $$$ Oct–Nov

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